Configuration

To customize a EnergyCommunity.jl model, the main interface to represent a Energy Community system is by editing a configuration file using yaml format. For reference, the default sample configuration file is provided in the examples and easily installable by running the following command:

julia> using EnergyCommunity

julia> create_example_data(".", config_name="default")

This code creates a folder named data in the current directory with the following files:

• energy_community_model.yaml: a sample configuration file for a Energy Community system.
• market_data.csv: a csv file with quantities related to the market prices, such as time-varying electricity prices and more.
• input_resource.csv: a csv file with data related to the demand by each user and specific renewable production by time step of the simulation.
• energy_community_model_thermal.yaml: another sample configuration file for a Energy Community that contains also dispatchable fuel-fired generators.

To delve and explore the modelling of Energy Communities with EnergyCommunity.jl, we will use the energy_community_model.yaml file as a reference and better detailed in the following.